Course Description

This three-day elective course helps contracting officers manage inevitable changes through the course of a contract lifecycle. Therefore, it is important that contracting officers understand how changes affect contract scope, modifications, and constructive changes. Participants will use engaging exercises with negotiation techniques to make changes to existing contracts and ensure equitable adjustments to the contract. This course is designed for contracting professionals, including contract specialists, and contracting officer’s representatives, who are involved in administering or overseeing contracts of any type.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the performance standards for the acquisition system as set forth in the FAR
• Identify the type of acquisitions that should not use source selection procedures
• Describe the Value Adjusted Total Evaluated Price (VATEP) source selection procedure and identify its position on the best value continuum
• Implement “best practices” to improve tracking of contractor performance and understand how to mitigate unsuccessful contractor performance
• Define the two major categories of contract types and their risks

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